Sunday he went to his first party – the Rushden and District Riding Club show at Keysoe. It was a gloriously hot and sunny day – hurrah! We wanted to see how he behaved at a show, and Nina was planning to do the clear round jumping on both him and Toffee (who was 19 yesterday – happy birthday!). Sadly the clear round was scrapped, and the showing classes were running about two hours behind schedule, with ones suitable for him not starting until after 2pm. By 1pm, having been there about three hours, we had all had enough hanging around and decided to go home. It was lovely though, because we bumped into people we hadn’t seen for ages, including the sister of someone I used to live next door to when I first moved to this village in 1977! She recognised my voice *blush*. Someone else had another horse called Frazer (he was bred by Frazer Hines), also a large bay horse, and it was his first show since coming off the track four years ago. I will try and find out how he got on. He was very nice, but not as handsome as our Fraser. (Naturally). It was a bit of a learning curve for me, because with Mac out of action, I had to lead Fraser, and I haven’t had much to do with handling horses since my op over a year ago. I was a bit apprehensive, especially as he tried to nibble me and kicked out at a passing horse (it was very close, but all the same…), but apart from that he was as good as gold. Nina rode him and popped him over a practice jump, then I led him when she rode Toffee. I think he likes things going on around him, and apart from being fascinated by the Tannoy loudspeakers, he didn’t really take much notice of anything. They both loaded into the trailer with no hesitation on the return journey, and both backed out with no problems. I love the way he smells. I am amazed that a horse who can produce such a vast quantity of smelly poo, can himself smell so lovely. :D
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